First-degree murder charge against Dorchester man dropped after key witness dies in jail
Homicide Watch Boston reports the Suffolk County District Attorney's office dropped the charge against Eric Barnes after the May death of a woman in the South Bay House of Corrections who was going to testify against Barnes.
Barnes and two other men were charged with murdering Brousseau Normil, 20, of Cambridge, whose body was found stuffed in the back seat of a rental car on Langdon Street in Roxbury in 2013.
The woman, Brianna Erickson of Roxbury, had been charged with armed robbery in connection with the case, but had agreed to testify. Homicide Watch Boston says the DA will continue first-degree murder prosecutions of the other two men, Kenneth Sales of Roxbury and Tyronne Seams of Dorchester.
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MURDER CHARGE
The same situation occurred in Dedham when the key witness died. Charges dismissed against 2 who would have been convicted. These problems arise out of a misguided effort by the District Attorney in not having Probable Cause Hearings where the witness testifies and is cross examined, thus preserving the testimony which is admissible if the witness subsequently becomes unavailable.
Used to be routine until the DA's decided that they did not want to disclose their evidence. STUPID
R.I.P
R.I.p Brusseau! Remember seeing him in the projects in N.C (North Cambridge) just feel bad for his fam n lil bro who gotta go through this. But Eric Barnes day is coming soon. Believe dat!!!!